First Weekend Lessons

Eight tips for enjoying Jazz Fest

Morgan Packard

Drew Morock

I have attended more than 50 days of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which doesn’t make me special or an expert, only determined.

There are many music festivals across the county, but ours has some of the most amazing food, music, artisans and people (attendees, workers and performers) – though there could be more access to free water hookups, or as other festivals refer to them: hydration stations.

Through my festival time I’ve learned a few things, and while we're in between weekends, I’d like to share 8 of them:

1. There is no such thing as too much sunscreen or shade

2. It takes all types, from festival to floral

3. The best unexpected bonus to this years fest: cordoned off paths through the Acrua Stage seating area

about

Morgan Packard may not be a native New Orleanian, but with every passing day New Orleans becomes more her home. Attending Newcomb College and gaining her masters from Tulane University, Packard immersed herself in the culture and peculiarities of the Big Easy, the culmination of which was reached when she joined the staff of Renaissance Publishing in May 2006. You can reach Morgan at (504) 830-7227 or morgan@myneworleans.com.